The Ukrainian Studies Research Community was established to strengthen the existing cooperation at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Helsinki, and to increase academic collaboration with Ukrainian researchers and institutions on Ukrainian Studies.

The activities the research community organizes in 2026-2027 support academic collaboration and strengthen the role of Ukrainian Studies both at the University of Helsinki and more broadly in Finland.

The research community also provides a venue for timely public debate on Ukrainian Studies, Ukrainian agency, Ukraine’s role in Europe, and Ukrainian domestic politics.

The core theme of the research community, Ukrainian Agency, Voice, and Representation in Wartime, seeks to challenge dominant narratives which view Ukraine as a passive object within great power competition and and challenges a familiar pattern in which scholars speak for Ukraine, drawing on Russian-framed secondary accounts rather than Ukrainian perspectives.

The Research Community's funding period is until the end of 2027.

Join the Ukrainian Studies Research Community of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Helsinki

Thank you for your interest in joining the Ukrainian Studies Research Community!

With this form, you can express your interest in joining the activities organised by the Research Community, such as the seminar series (4 seminars each year), bi-weekly discussions in the Ukrainian Studies research group, initiatives to develop new research proposals and more. The Research Community accepts applicants based on research interest alignment and the possibility for future cooperation.

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Last name

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Affiliation

Link to academic profile (on institution's website or ORCiD etc.)

Disciplines and research areas

If your previous research isn't connected to Ukrainian Studies, here you can tell how you would like to engage with research on Ukraine in the future:

Activities I would be interested in as a participant:

Ukrainian Studies Seminar I: Ukraine's international agency

Ukrainian Studies Seminar II: Ukrainian domestic actors and politics during wartime

Ukrainian Studies Seminar III: Memory studies and historical perspectives

Ukrainian Studies Seminar IV: Perspectives from literature studies and linguistics

Ukrainian Studies group (bi-weekly discussions)

Workshops to draft funding applications for future research initiatives in the field of Ukrainian Studies

Public events organised by the Research Community

Joint conference contributions together with other members of the Research Network

Here you can tell in more detail how you would like to participate in the Research Community:

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Thank you for your registration! You will be contacted within 2 weeks with more information about topical activities and ways to join in.

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